Today is Shakespeare's birthday! In honor of the great bard, learn new, comprehensive lists of words from some of his best known plays.Continue reading...
What the city of Boston experienced last week was described again and again as surreal. It was the only word that seemed capable of encompassing the week's unfolding events, from Monday's deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line to Friday's lockdown of the city as SWAT teams zeroed in on the remaining suspect of the bombing.Continue reading...
As you play Vocabulary.com, do you ever wonder why you're being asked questions on words before you have a chance to try to learn them on your own? It's because the experience of test-taking actually helps you learn, and speeds the rate at which you do so.Continue reading...
Promoting a new book entitled Netymology: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World, British author Tom Chatfield has been making the rounds talking about peculiar tech coinages, from "the Cupertino effect" to "approximeetings."Continue reading...
Clubs, Dress-Up Days, and Bees: we pair three vocabulary-learning project ideas we've come across recently with suggestions for using Vocabulary.com to bring them to life.Continue reading...
In a short story, every word counts. Be sure you know them all with 12 new lists based on some of the greats you're sure to see in English literature classes and exams.Continue reading...